Advanced Player Mechanics (Drift, Boosts and Tricks)

All Cups Glitchless RTA strategies

Here is a document showing off multiple different consistent ways to beat each stage.  This includes the main character for each cup as well as Shadow for Chao and Samba cup.  There are easier and more difficult strategies shown per stage.  There is also a youtube playlist linked to the document with each stage in order.



[Document hyperlink here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oc-H8I9Qc9UlnEHh75SMXmxNpA099xJJ47pAPOop9Cw/edit?usp=sharing)

Alternate Route Comparison Compilation!

Grand Prix 'Rivals'

Within the Grand Prix mode, depending on which character you select you may see different CPUs than normal during the races. This is due to each character having a certain 'rival' assigned to them within the files. While early interviews suggest that this system was meant to become something more (e.g, your rival would be more aggressive to you during the race), currently it remains as nothing but determining which characters you'll face.

The CPUs most commonly seen within Grand Prix are Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Amy, Dr. Eggman, Big, AiAi and Amigo. In most cases, Sonic & Big are cut to make room for you and your rival, however one of the two or both may remain depending if your selected character or rival are within the lineup mentioned before (or if your character doesn't have a rival, in which case only Big is cut to make room for your character).

**List of Rivals**
(For reference on how to read this list: Character Chosen - Rival Assigned)

- AiAi - Amigo
- Alex Kidd - Opa-Opa
- Amigo - Ulala
- Amy - Sonic
- B.D Joe - Beat
- Beat - B.D Joe
- Big - ChuChus
- Billy Hatcher - AiAi
- Bonanza Bros. - Zobio & Zobiko
- ChuChus - Big
- Dr. Eggman - Sonic
- Jacky & Akira - Ryo
- Knuckles - Dr. Eggman
- Opa-Opa - Alex Kidd
- Ryo/Ryo (Forklift) - Jacky & Akira
- Shadow - Sonic
- Sonic - Dr. Eggman
- Tails - Dr. Eggman
- Ulala - ChuChus
- Zobio & Zobiko - Bonanza Bros.

Banjo & Kazooie, Avatar, Mii, and Metal Sonic do not have rivals.

Guide to Boost Chaining and Drift+

These are some of the basics needed to start getting good times
* Part 1 Boost Chaining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5E0CfMRqo
* Part 2 Drift+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3A3dqYUzMg

Setting Up

We often get a lot of questions on how to set up controllers and other things like that so the goal of this guide is to get through all of those.

# Controller for PC
Almost all controllers are supported through steam. So here are the steps.
* 1. Go to settings
https://i.imgur.com/UE6f5yE.png
* 2. Go to controller settings
https://i.imgur.com/W9Dt68j.png
* 3. Go to general controller settings 
https://i.imgur.com/RJvDKm4.png
* 4. Select the controller type that you are using on.
https://i.imgur.com/Vf06LTl.png
* And that is it now the controller should just work as long as its plugged in
* Extra: You can change the buttons going here on a per game basis
https://i.imgur.com/kEiXOyJ.png

# Livesplit
* 1. I recommend watching this guide 1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cfeN9xHjM
* 2. Splits can be found under the rescouces tab (here https://www.speedrun.com/ssasr/resources)

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Amigo

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Billy Hatcher

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AiAi

Jacky & Akira

Banjo & Kazooie

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Starting today we are enforcing a new rule that requires all PC and Mac players to set their
"Low Detail Models" setting to "Four Player" in the S&SASR Configuration Panel, as seen below.

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This is because when it is set to anything below "Four Player", it changes the 

Nome	Autore
Advanced Player Mechanics (Drift, Boosts and Tricks)	SB_Crimson 3 years ago
All Cups Glitchless RTA strategies	dwaitley24 7 months ago
Alternate Route Comparison Compilation!	SB_Crimson 1 year ago
Grand Prix 'Rivals'	FatedFalcon 1 year ago
Guide to Boost Chaining and Drift+	Tailsdk 1 year ago
Setting Up	Tailsdk 10 months ago